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Pete Dawson gets eighth ascent of Hubble
Defying summer connies Pete Dawson has just nailed the eighth ascent of Ben Moon’s world famous test piece, Hubble .
2019 Piolets d’Or announced
The winners of the 2019 Piolets d’Or, the annual award for significant ascents in the mountains, have been announced by the International Jury.
Women’s Trad Festival
The Women’s Trad Festival is back for the fourth year this coming weekend (August 2 nd to August 4 th ).
Tickets on sale for Women's Climbing Symposium 2019
Back for a ninth year the Women’s Climbing Symposium is coming to the Midlands to connect, develop and inspire women’s climbing through collective climbing experiences, the latest research and the best coaching.
Shocks waves continue at Briancon World Cup last weekend
The shock waves continued at the Briancon Lead WC last weekend with some top names absent, some delivering so-so performances and others posted faultless performances.
Coxsey and Bosi currently within top 20 in 2019 IFSC WC Overall Rankings
Following the Chamonix Lead WC last weekend the IFSC have posted the first calculation of the individual rankings for the athletes competing in the 2019 Overall event.
Will Bosi and Molly Thompson-Smith on fire in Chamonix
Team GB was very well represented in the IFSC lead final at Chamonix last weekend when Will Bosi finished in fourth place just outside the medals and Molly Thompson-Smith took an impressive sixth place.
Nanda Devi Update
The mission to recover the bodies of the climbers who died in late May on the Moran Mountain expedition to the Nanda Devi area has been called off having recovered seven of the eight perished climbers.
Holly Toothill and Nathan Phillips win at recent British Bouldering Championships
Last weekend Holly Toothill and Nathan Phillips won the La Sportiva British Bouldering Championship which returned once again to Devonshire Green, Sheffield.
Steve McClure has Nightmayer on-sight on Dinas Cromlech
Continuing his trad mission, Steve McClure made the first ever on-sight ascent of Nightmayer (E8 6c), at the back-end of last week to record one of the hardest on-sights ever achieved in the UK.
IFSC World Cup season restarts at Villars
Following a mid-season break the World Cup competitions resumed this weekend in Villars, Switzerland with golds for Janja Garbret and Sascha Lehmann in lead and Anouck Jaubert and Alexsandr Shikov in speed.
ABC hits Sheffield
Once again the Association of British Climbing Walls (ABC) held its annual AGM and conference in Sheffield last week.
